{"id":55,"date":"2008-04-03T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/2008\/04\/03\/idl-staff-pick-4-h-scrapbook-1928-1932\/"},"modified":"2013-12-10T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:05:42","slug":"idl-staff-pick-4-h-scrapbook-1928-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2008\/04\/03\/idl-staff-pick-4-h-scrapbook-1928-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"IDL staff pick: 4-H scrapbook, 1928-1932"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><em>As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we\u2019re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Helen Grundman 4-H scrapbook, 1928-1932<br \/>\n<strong>Creator: <\/strong>Helen Grundman<br \/>\n<strong>Collection:<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/scrapbooks\/\">Iowa Women&#8217;s Scrapbooks Digital Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/scrapbooks\/id\/5543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"366\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2012\/01\/scrapbooks_3158.jpg\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When 4-H judges awarded Helen Grundman a blue ribbon for most complete scrapbook, they knew what they were doing. The lengthy volume, weighing in at 400+ pages, presented numerous challenges in the digitization process, but the effort paid off. Now online in its entirety, the artifact provides an invaluable and highly-detailed view of rural American girlhood during the late 1920s and early 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>A highlight of the scrapbook is Grundman&#8217;s trip to Chicago as a delegate for the 1930 national 4-H meeting &#8212; a journey she documents exhaustively, including everything from the wrapper on the straw of the beverage she consumed during her train ride from Iowa, to a list of hotel etiquette tips provided by 4-H chaperones. (&#8220;#6: Do not scream in going up the elevator. The sensation is a strange one but do not disturb others by making a noise.&#8221;) Decorated with picture postcards, the hand-written account on this page evokes the wonder of 16-year-old Helen&#8217;s first encounter with the big city: &#8220;&#8230;when we woke up, we actually could not believe ourselves to be in Chicago&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;Jen Wolfe<br \/>\nMetadata Librarian, Digital Library Services<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we\u2019re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. Title: Helen Grundman 4-H scrapbook, 1928-1932 Creator: Helen Grundman Collection:\u00a0Iowa Women&#8217;s Scrapbooks Digital Collection When 4-H judges awarded Helen Grundman a blue ribbon for most complete scrapbook, they knew what they were<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2008\/04\/03\/idl-staff-pick-4-h-scrapbook-1928-1932\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;IDL staff pick: 4-H scrapbook, 1928-1932&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/3970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}